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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 1991
Filed:
Aug. 01, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary W Evans, Puposky, MN (US);
Henry J Peppler, Whitefish Bay, WI (US);
Assignee:
Nutrition 21, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424447 ; 424445 ; 514277 ;
Abstract
A method of enhancing mammalian skin respiration, and in particular promoting healing of injured skin, comprises supplying to the skin a composition consisting essentially of picolinic acid, or comprising picolinic acid in which composition is substantially free of impurities from yeast. The composition preferably provides at least 50,000 Units, and further preferably 500,000 Units, of Skin Respiratory Factor per gram of the composition.